13Jun
UndergraduateThis course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.
University of Leeds has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Research-led and Russell group. Your midwifery future is bright and it’s waiting for you. We are proud to offer one of the few blended learning midwifery degrees in the UK, in partnership with NHS England. This course will enable you to become a future-focused, resilient midwife, equipped with the competence and confidence to think critically and deliver high-quality, compassionate, and evidence-based care. You’ll develop and become a role model for other professionals and the women, birthing people and families you’ll provide care for. You’ll be taught how to work inclusively with all women, birthing people, their families and others involved in care. Our blended learning approach means you can learn via both electronic and online media as well as traditional face-to-face teaching. It provides an innovative and accessible way to begin your pathway to becoming the best midwife you can be. There's a reason we’re top 10 in the UK for midwifery and nursing (The Complete University Guide 2025). Change the lives of birthing people and children today. Course highlights
- Developed in partnership with The Leeds Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) and our current students, you’ll benefit from real-life experiences and perspectives of women and families.
- For some students able to meet specific criteria, there is an opportunity to have an observational placement abroad in year 3. This placement is designed to enable you to experience midwifery practice in a different setting, or in which you have a particular interest.
- You’ll have access to excellent clinical skills facilities, which replicate the hospital working environment with simulated patients.
- This course is underpinned by the NMC (2019) Future Midwife standards that recognise the vital role midwives play in leading and coordinating compassionate, evidence-based care.
- Our Midwifery degree consists of 50% academic work and 50% clinical practice. You’ll undertake your placements within Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where you’ll rotate through all the clinical aspects of midwifery practice, in the community and on hospital wards.
- Blended learning will allow you to balance the course with other commitments you may have, such as caring responsibilities.
Assessment method
We use a range of assessment methods, including presentations, group assessments, unseen examinations, OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations), along with essays, a final oral examination and the grading of clinical practice. You’ll need to demonstrate the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques, as well as your emerging abilities, skills and competencies. You’ll need to produce work that is typically both evaluative and creative and show you can conduct independent, in-depth enquiry within the discipline. You’ll need to be able to draw on a wide variety of material and be able to evaluate and criticise received opinion.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
How to apply
This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.
14Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- B720
- Institution code:
- L23
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
Successful completion of Year 1 of a relevant degree course
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
A level - ABB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDD
Access to HE Diploma - D: 30 credits M: 15 credits
Scottish Higher - AABBBB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 34 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H2, H2, H2, H3, H3, H3
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - DDD
T Level - D
CACHE Grade A in Health and Social Care Level 3 Extended Diploma. Foundation Courses We welcome applications from the University of Leeds Interdisciplinary Science Foundation and Interdisciplinary Studies with Preparation for Higher Education Foundation year Programmes. Candidates from these programmes must successfully complete the year with an overall score of at least 65%.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Other
When applying, you should provide an academic reference, which also includes a statement which attests to your character and good standing
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 7 | IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 7.0 in any component. |
If you're an international student and you don't meet the English language requirements for this programme, you may be able to study our undergraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For further information please see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduatefees
Provider information
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT